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[jakey_boys_bfg]

The door to the lobby opens and a tired young man lurches in with a very large, dangerous and somewhat alien looking rifle resting on his shoulder and a duffle slung across his back. He runs his free hand through his short blond hair, making it stand up in sweaty spikes as he leans heavily against the door to close it with his shoulder. When he

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[his_plusone]

"Wish I could tell you." She takes a few steps to him. Her voice takes on an almost questioning tone. "...Jake?"

[jakey_boys_bfg]

He immediately perks up a little and straightens up, his grip on the gun relaxing again. "Rose, what's going on? I come back from the job and my flat's turned into a hotel!"

[his_plusone]

She moves to him, trying to gather the demeanor of a Torchwood agent, of the Rose that he might know. "No one here has arrived with meaning to from what I can figure out. It's a sort of meeting place between worlds and times, I suppose."

"Are you all right?"

[jakey_boys_bfg]

He hasn't noticed anything too off about her yet, aside form the fact that she's here. "Oh yeah, aside from the whole world getting itself lost I'm fine. --Hey, wait a minute, how're you already here?"

[his_plusone]

"We'll figure it out, Jake. This isn't too far +out of our league." She runs a hand through her hair. "I've been here since January, Jake. Taken from a different timeline. Mickey is here too. And Mum."

A breath. "And the Doctor."

[jakey_boys_bfg]

He nods a bit, thinking that Rose and Mickey aren't a bad pair to have in a tight spot. "Well, if the Doctor's here that's good, innit? He'll figure it out faster than the rest of us could." He flashes her a smile. "...Now, what do you mean, a different timeline?"

[his_plusone]

Well. Mickey as he is ...not useless, but really not as brave as what Jake might know, not as skilled and wise. And Rose...Rose is not so somber, not so strategic and not such a workaholic.

"It's perfect. Especially since more than one universe is involved. Since I've missed him."

"...I'm a year and a half behind you, Jake. I've never even met you."

[jakey_boys_bfg]

"...Never even met me?" He just stares at her for a few moments. "How can you have never met me, you recognized me when I came in! You said my name!"

[his_plusone]

"It's hard to explain, Jake. But the year I missed...I saw it." She bites her lip. "The Doctor showed me what I could, and Mum explained a bit more, what happened after we said goodbye."

She takes a breath. "I know who you are, Jake. I need you to trust me."

[jakey_boys_bfg]

"'Course I trust you, Rose." He's more freaked out than he'd ever let on, but he does trust her. Timeline oddities or not, she's still Rose. He pauses for a moment, taking it all in. "I guess your Mum's from the same bit of the timeline as me, then?"

[his_plusone]

"She is, yeah. Seven months pregnant. It's so weird to see her like she is."

[jakey_boys_bfg]

He grins a bit at that. "Sounds about right. 'Least someone around here's from when they're supposed to be. Anyone else I'd know?"

[his_plusone]

"Let's see...Myself, Mickey, the Doctor, Mum. That's it, I think." She hugs him. "Just missing Dad and our team will be here."

[jakey_boys_bfg]

He hugs her back of course. "Everyone important, anyway. I hope Pete shows up before your mum's due."